Scoil Aireagail Open Night for fourth, fifth and sixth class students will take place on Tuesday 15 October at 7pm. All parents and students are welcome to attend. Scoil Aireagail was recognised as the most improved school in Kilkenny over the last eight years (Irish Independent League Tables 2019), a testament to the school’s strong […]
Student Council Training
Our 1st and 2nd year Student Council members traveled to Hotel Kilkenny for Student Council Training. Students got the opportunity to learn more about the work of student councils. They also got to work with Student Council members from other schools to share ideas and learn what was taking place in their respective schools. It […]
Student Council Elections
On the 3rd of October the Student Council had their first meeting of the year in which they read the student council constitution and held an election of officers. During an election there has to be more than ten students present. One person must propose somebody for a position and another member must second the proposal. If two or more students are […]
TY students visit Garda Operational Support Services
On Tuesday 10th October our TYA students went to Westmanstown in Dublin to visit the Garda Operational Support Unit. Students got to see the Garda dog units, horse units, sub aqua and air support. Students got to meet these specialist Gardaí and hear all about their work. Big thanks to Ms. O’Dwyer and SNA Teresa […]
Turas go dtí “An Triail”
On Friday 4th October Ms. Murphy’s Higher Level Senior Irish students made the trip to the Visual Theatre in Carlow to see a live production of their prescribed play “An Triail” by Mairéad Ní Ghráda. Fíbín is the company which produces this version of the play and they address issues highlighted by both teachers and students […]
TY Work Experience
A very important element to our TY programme is Work Experience. TY students started their work experience placements on Friday September 6th . At Scoil Aireagail TY work experience takes place in two blocks of 11 Fridays from September to Christmas, and 9 Fridays from January to March. Some of our TY students have applied […]
Open Day Event
On September 29th we welcomed 6th class students from local primary schools into the school to give them the opportunity to sample some of the subjects on offer here at Scoil Aireagail. Students got to get a feel for the atmosphere in the school and were kept busy throughout the day doing activities in Art, […]
Junior Cert Results
Congratulations to all the students who received their Junior Cert results last Friday. This years students completed the new New Cert Programme in three subjects-English, Business and Science. Although the students got the results of their actual exams on Friday, later on in the year they’ll receive their Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement certificates. This […]
Cairdeas Mentoring Program
On Friday 29th September a group of leaving cert students met with Jacinta Purcell from Ossory Youth to participate in the Cairdeas Mentoring Program. She showed the students how important their program is to help integrate first years into their new school environment. They discussed what being a good leader is as well as playing […]
Our Junk Kouture students are looking for materials
Our Transition year Junk Couture students have been tasked with creating elaborate wearable designs all fashioned from recycled materials. To do this they are looking for some materials that will be used to make their creations. Here is a list of what they need: Coffee cups Lids off plastic bottles Old CDs Cotton Wool White […]
